Links for 21-07-2008

“The mystics all seem to want to go straight to the Godhead; the magicians tend to be more curious. They want to explore all of the other aspects of the universe. For me, there is very little difference between magic and art.”

“Most of the focus has been on its name your own price formula, but most important, it was released without a major label and as a result of being available for free, Radiohead achieved its number one goal, getting the music in as many hands as possible.”

“I’ve been wrestling with this for a while and I think the only advantage to the creator that I can see in the long tail is that aggregators can invent or produce a long tail domain that was not present before.”

“Itâ€™s perfectly okay to reject the drone path, you know. Lots of people do, and theyâ€™re much happier for it. But they arenâ€™t the same people that will tell you, â€œPick one thing and stick to it, or youâ€™ll never amount to anything.â€”